According to: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16458… , individuals with the 24 hour patch experienced more rem sleep - compared to individuals on a 16 hr patch.
I am suffering from narcolepsy, do not dream often (* dreams are proportional to REM sleep *), and have a very tough time waking up in the morning - and often need 12 hours of sleep to feel normal.
So, I am wondering if nicotine patches could possibly help me feel more rested by allowing me to enter REM for a longer period of time, - thus reducing my hours of sleep from 13 to 7-8.
What are your thoughts, educated answers will receive 5 stars.
I am suffering from narcolepsy, do not dream often (* dreams are proportional to REM sleep *), and have a very tough time waking up in the morning - and often need 12 hours of sleep to feel normal.
So, I am wondering if nicotine patches could possibly help me feel more rested by allowing me to enter REM for a longer period of time, - thus reducing my hours of sleep from 13 to 7-8.
What are your thoughts, educated answers will receive 5 stars.
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glad to see you have been doing your homework, but I doubt you would see the desired effect. The study took place in heavy smokers, which I assume you would have mentioned if you were. The reason patients on the 16 hour patch had less REM sleep was likely to the beginning of nicotine withdrawal setting in while they were asleep.
Just because the type of patch and amount of REM sleep are correlated in this study doesn't prove causality.
Just because the type of patch and amount of REM sleep are correlated in this study doesn't prove causality.
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just take adderall and you wont need to sleep